Il segreto del bosco vecchio (1993)
Il colonnello Sebastiano Procolo e il piccolo Benvenuto, suo nipote, hanno ereditato una casa di montagna e i boschi che l'attorniano. Benvenuto entra subito in sintonia con gli animali, i geni degli alberi, le canzoni del Vento Matteo e altre presenze metafisiche. Suo nonno, invece, pensa che i boschi siano solo fonte di guadagno. E se il bambino è un ostacolo alla realizzazione di questo guadagno, peggio per lui... Un racconto di Dino Buzzati, la fotografia di Dante Spinotti, un Paolo Villaggio in una parte insolita e, in regia, un "poeta" come Olmi. Ma anche di poesia si può eccedere; ed è quello che capita qui a Olmi, che si perde in lungaggini e bamboleggiamenti, senza riuscire a fondere la dimensione favolistica e quella naturalistica.
Direttore: Ermanno Olmi
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Paolo Villaggio as Col. Procolo |
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Giulio Brogi as Bernardi |
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Riccardo Zannantonio as Benvenuto Procolo |
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Lino Pais Marden as Giovanni Aiuti |
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Antonio Vecelio as Vettore |
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Omero Antonutti as Vento Matteo (voice) |
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Pietro Berton as |
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Renato Pais Bianco as |
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Federico Boschiero as |
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Stefano Carbogno as |
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Geltrude Carli as |
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Silvano Cetta as |
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Renato Buzzo Contin as |
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Narciso De Bettin as |
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Ernesto de Martin Modolado as |
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Florio Zandegiacomo De Pasquale as |
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Bruno De Silvestro as |
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Gustavo Zandegiacomo De Zora as |
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Dario Dolmen as |
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Micaela Giustiniani as Gazza Ladra (voice) |
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Dino Golin as |
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Umberto Golin as |
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Luca Grandeis as |
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Giovanni De Luca Londa as |
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Mario Maniago as |
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Gianni Musy as Vecchio Gufo (voice) |
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Dario Nicolai as |
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Gianpeppino Da Rin Pagnetto as |
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Patrick Pomaré as |
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Giocondo Quandel as |
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Mark Quatter as |
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Francesco Macchietto Riode as |
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Pietro L. Roia as |
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Mario Buzzo Saher as |
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Simone Scattolo as |
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Vittorio Zambelli Spezier as |
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Luigi Tonello as |
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Matteo Zagato as |
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Luciano Zandonella as |
| Production | Mario Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Sound | Franco Piersanti | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Dino Buzzati | Novel |
| Directing | Ermanno Olmi | Director |
| Production | Roberto Cicutto | Producer |
| Production | Vincenzo De Leo | Producer |
| Production | Vittorio Cecchi Gori | Producer |
| Production | Paola Cariani | Administration |
| Directing | Fiorella Lugli | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Federico Laurenti | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Sandro Bolli | Key Grip |
| Directing | Leonardo Monti | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Attilio Torricelli | Sound |
| Editing | Paolo Cottignola | Editor |
| Camera | Enrico Lucidi | Camera Operator |
| Production | Raffaella Giovannetti | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giovanni Casalnuovo | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Directing | Mimmola Girosi | First Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Alberico Novelli | Gaffer |
| Production | Emanuele Lomiry | Production Manager |
| Production | Maurizio Volpi | Accountant |
| Camera | Emilio Della Chiesa | First Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mauro Meniconi | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Thierry Toscan | Special Effects |
| Production | Giampietro Bonamigo | Line Producer |
| Production | Danila Scotton | Accountant |
| Camera | Giorgio Stachowski | Still Photographer |
| Production | Elisabetta Olmi | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Adriano Giannini | Second Assistant Camera |
| Production | Elena Zadra | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Angelo Vannella | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Marco Sacerdoti | First Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alfonsina Lettieri | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Camera | Dante Spinotti | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Ermanno Olmi | Writer |
| Editing | Fabio Olmi | Editor |
| Camera | Doriano Torriero | Grip |
| Camera | Roberto Esposti | Grip |
| Camera | Mauro Misino | Grip |
| Lighting | Cesare Vergari | Genetator Operator |
| Lighting | Sami Novelli | Electrician |
| Lighting | Alessandro Rossi | Electrician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Orazi | Seamstress |
| Art | Thierry Toscan | Property Master |
| Art | Mario Pocchiesa | Assistant Property Master |
| Editing | Giacomo Volpi | Colorist |
| Crew | Claudio Magrini | Scenic Artist |
| Camera | Fabio Olmi | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Giuseppe Meloni | Electrician |
| Art | Sabrina Carturan | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Vito Consoli | Painter |
| Crew | Fabio Carussi | Scenic Artist |
| Art | Giancarlo Sensidoni | Set Painter |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Cossu | Key Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Mirta Amati | Catering |
| Editing | Paola Bocci | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Marco Davoli | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Paolo Biagetti | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maurizio Millenotti | Costume Design |